Ukraine Israel relations

Israel received Iranian, Russian weapons in secret transfer from Ukraine, fmr. ambassador says

According to Ukrainian media reports, Israel is examining samples of Russian attack drones provided by Ukraine, including newer models from the Geran family, which are based on Shahed drones.

ILLUSTRATIVE: Visitors observe the Iranian Ministry of Defense’s display featuring the Shahed 136 drone during the 13th edition of Iraq’s Defense, Security, and Cybersecurity Exhibition (IQDEX) in Baghdad, Iraq April 19, 2025.
Jonathan Karlinsky, an Israeli-Ukrainian drafted into the Ukrainian army.

Chabad efforts secure Odesa posting for Breslov Hasid detained over Ukraine draft

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk attends a ceremony marking the two years anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv on February 23, 2023.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel warns 'Post' about country's 'growing frustration' - interview

View of the Haifa port in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024.

Under Ukraine pressure, Israel blocks suspect Russian grain ship


War in Ukraine: The moral complexity in Jerusalem - opinion

Almost the entire Western world has expressed its moral outrage. All except one nation – the Jewish state. 

 THIS SITUATION is a microcosm of the moral obstacle course we call modern Israel.

Zelensky thanks Bennett for mediation efforts

Zelensky had asked Israel several times to serve as an intermediary in the year before Russia invaded Ukraine, but Putin rejected the offer each time.

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022.

How can Israelis help Ukrainians during the crisis?

SID Israel (Society for International Development) has partnered with other organizations to compile a list of organizations and make them more accessible to anyone who wants to donate.

The national flags of Israel and Ukraine

300 Ukrainian refugees to make Aliyah on Sunday

One flight will arrive from Warsaw, with about 150 immigrants rescued with the help of Jewish Agency personnel.

 Jewish refugees from Kyiv arrive at a refugee camp 100 kilometers west, closer to the Polish border, February 24, 2022.

Jews left behind in Ukrainian cities face grim conditions

Jews in war-stricken Ukraine face two options: flee, and abandon their lives, or stay, and risk hunger, fear and death.

 Local residents walk among debris of a residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine March 2, 2022

New NIS 20 million aid package announced for Ukrainian Jews

The aid package will enable the different Jewish communities in Ukraine to cope with the severe difficulties that have been created in recent days by the Ukraine-Russia war.

A NEW immigrant arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Body of Israeli killed in Ukraine sent back to Israel

Ukrainian soldiers stopped Brodsky’s car, which was part of a convoy driving from Kyiv to the border with Moldova, at a makeshift checkpoint.

The national flags of Israel and Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war: One Israeli killed near Kyiv, one held captive

Roman Brodsky, 37, was shot while in a convoy of cars leaving Ukraine • Yuri Shvidky, 51, was taken prisoner aboard a Ukrainian ship.

 People are seen near cars, which locals said were burned during recent shelling, in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine February 28, 2022.

Should Israel be the mediator for Russia and Ukraine? - analysis

Israel might benefit from its ambiguity - or might lose and lose big time.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset Ze'ev Elkin meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, October 22, 2021

Israel returns envoy to Poland, pushes to rescue citizens from Ukraine

Livne was recalled in August over a crisis with respect to Holocaust restitution issues, that now pales in comparison to the larger issue of Russia's invasion into Ukraine that began Thursday morning

Israelis protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Zion Square February 24, 2022.